UN: Lebanon shelters overcrowded amid mass displacement crisis

Middle East Eye · April 11, 2026 War

UN: Lebanon shelters overcrowded amid mass displacement crisis UN officials said shelters for displaced people in Lebanon are “severely overcrowded” as Israeli evacuation orders drive large-scale displacement. Nearly half of the country’s public schools are now being used as reception centres, with needs exceeding available capacity, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said. Up to 1.

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